| Title | Building Synergy in Promoting Mental Health Awareness Across Campus Using a Student-Led Participatory Action Approach |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | VP Students |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 3 Years |
| Initiation | 04/01/2012 |
| Completion | 03/21/2016 |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2012/2013 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Michael Lee |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 32,304 |
| Year 1: Team Members | Michael Lee, Senior Instructor / Curriculum Coordinator, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine |
| Year 2: Project Year | Year 2 |
| Year 2: Funding Year | 2013/2014 |
| Year 2: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 2: Principal Investigator | Michael Lee |
| Year 2: Funded Amount | 42,046 |
| Year 2: Team Members | Michael Lee, Senior Instructor / Curriculum Coordinator, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine |
| Year 2: Summary | Founded in 2010, the Mental Health Awareness Club (MHAC) is an established student-led club dedicated to promoting mental health awareness at UBC. Mentored by an interprofessional advisory circle, MHAC continues to be a forum for high impact student learning, peer-to-peer mentorship, and increased awareness about mental health on campus. Through Club activities, students have opportunities to develop leadership skills, collaborate with other groups and services, and engage the community to better understand student needs. To build on this momentum, the Club seeks to further increase its capacity and the capacity of its members. The Club proposes to expand its focus through understanding mental health stigma and its effects on students’ full participation in student life. Using a participatory action approach to identify if and how stigma affects students’ lives, the Club will engage students to better inform initiatives aimed at improving students’ mental health awareness, their health and academic success. |
| Year 3: Project Year | Year 3 |
| Year 3: Funding Year | 2014/2015 |
| Year 3: Project Type | Small TLEF |
| Year 3: Principal Investigator | Michael Lee |
| Year 3: Funded Amount | 65,374 |
| Year 3: Team Members | Michael Lee, Senior Instructor / Curriculum Coordinator, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine |
| Year 3: Summary | This project will expand the scope of the Mental Health Awareness Club (MHAC) and the Mental Health Needs Assessment (MHNA) project (both of which engage students in mental health awareness and interdisciplinary interactions with curricular and co-curricular activities) to engage international students in the newly developed Vantage College. This project proposes to pilot the MHNA participatory-action approach (PAA) that is currently integrated into the Occupational Therapy curriculum, in a Psychology curriculum at Vantage College. Through this pilot, the MHNA project for international students (INT-MHNA) will enhance academic learning, while the MHAC will expand its focus to be more inclusive of international students, helping them to better integrate into the UBC community through co-curricular involvement. Moreover, the results from the INT-MHNA project will help MHAC better understand international students' mental health needs, resulting in initiatives that will improve students' mental health awareness, their health and academic success |
| Project Report | 14-114-TLEF-Lee-Final-WEB.pdf |